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500
the start of an new ermpier
500 the first known kingdom in the lower mekong river region, rises and falls. -
500
state of chenla
550-700 state of chenla replaces Funan as the dominant kingdom -
Apr 16, 700
jayavarman II
770-834jayavarman II unifies smaller states to create on large empier. the capital is in the angkor region of cambodia -
Nov 26, 1000
invation of cham kingdom
1177-78cham kingdom invades much of khamer empire's eastern territory. -
Sep 28, 1100
jayavarman VII
1181-1219 jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and expand sthe empierto to the furthest extent to incorate much of present-day Laos, Thiland and BUrma. -
Nov 26, 1200
rule of jayavarman VIII
1243-98 rule of jayavarman VIII. He renounces buddhism and orders that buddhist temples and images be destroyed and hinduism become the main religion. -
Oct 14, 1300
Buddhism
1300s Buddhism grows in importance and again becomes the main religon of the Khmer Kings -
Nov 26, 1400
1431 thai army,1432 Khmers abandon ,1440s Khmer rulers
1431 thai army attacks angokr
1432 Khmers abandon angkor. over subsequent centuris,the jungle grows around and over angkor and its location is forgotten
1440s Khmer rulers relocate the capital to phnom penh -
Nov 26, 1500
(thai) king attacks
1593 siamese (thai) king attacks and defeats Khmer king -
the defeat
1700s Vietnamese armies repeatedly attack Khmer forces in mekong river delta and defeat the Khmer. the approoximate modern borders of cambodia are deter mined. -
jayavarman II
802 jayavarman II enthroned as a devaraja (god-king)
834-1145 khmer empier expands and Andkor wat is built. buddhism